Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
House Bill 6871
117th Congress(2021-2022)
DHS Acquisition Reform Act
Active
Active
Passed House on May 17, 2022
Overview
Text
Introduced
Feb 28, 2022
Latest Action
May 18, 2022
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
6871
Congress
117
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Jake LaTurner
Kansas
Republican
John Katko
New York
Democrat
Ritchie Torres
New York
House Votes (1)
Senate Votes (0)
checkPassed on May 17, 2022
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
196
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

DHS Acquisition Reform Act

This bill revises acquisition and procurement programs and activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The bill (1) designates the DHS Under Secretary for Management as the DHS Chief Acquisition Officer and sets forth the Under Secretary's acquisition-related duties, (2) sets forth new acquisition responsibilities of the DHS Chief Financial Officer and the DHS Chief Information Officer, and (3) establishes within the Management Directorate of DHS a Program Accountability and Risk Management Office and sets forth the responsibilities of its Executive Director.

Text (3)
Referred in Senate
May 18, 2022
Engrossed in House
May 17, 2022
Introduced in House
February 28, 2022
Related Bills (1)
Jul 06, 2021
Introduced in House
16
Sponsorship
House Bill 4357
DHS Reform Act of 2021
Introduced
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
A related bill may be a companion measure, an identical bill, a procedurally-related measure, or one with text similarities. Bill relationships are identified by the House, the Senate, or CRS, and refer only to same-Congress measures.
Identified By
CRS
Actions (15)
05/18/2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
05/17/2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
05/17/2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 15 (Roll no. 196). (text: 05/16/2022 CR H4985-4988)
05/17/2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 398 - 15 (Roll no. 196).
05/17/2022
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5077-5078)
05/16/2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
05/16/2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6871.
05/16/2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4985-4988)
05/16/2022
Mr. Malinowski moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
03/02/2022
Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
03/02/2022
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
03/02/2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
03/01/2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
02/28/2022
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
02/28/2022
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
May 11, 2023 3:45:15 PM
Copyright © 2024 Civic Bits LLC
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service
What's New
About